Hello everyone.

It's great to see you.

Welcome to your lesson today on planning ideas for a poem about home.

I'm Miss Sutherland and I'll be teaching you today.

Our learning outcome for today is to plan a poem about my own attitudes to towards home.

So we're going to be thinking about our own feelings about where we live, about the story we want to tell to our reader about our identity, and using that to make a brilliant plan for our very own poem.

Before we start, let's go through our key keywords.

We have three keywords.

First one is stylistic.

Stylistic means relating to style, including the methods and techniques used in a piece of work.

The stylistic features in a piece of work can include language and structural features.

The next key term is figurative language.

Figurative language uses words beyond their literal meaning to create images in the reader's mind.

Examples of figurative language include metaphor and personification.

And lastly, imagery.

Imagery is visually descriptive language that creates images in the reader's mind.

So when we describe something in detail using a lot of precise adjectives, we build up imagery in our work.

I'll give you a moment to pause the video and reflect upon those key words.

Off you go.

We'll be revisiting each of those key terms in our lesson today.

In our lesson today, we have two learning cycles.

We are going to start off by gathering ideas for our poem.

So we'll be generating our ideas about what we want to write about, thinking about how we want to express our story, and thinking about the inspirations we can draw from other poems that we've looked at.

In our second learning cycle, we'll be planning our poem.

I'm so, so excited to see what we all come up with for our very own poem.

So let's get started with gathering ideas for our poems. So today we're planning our own poetry about home, how exciting.

It's our chance to be creative today.

We may want to use some of these poems as inspiration for our poems. And the poems that we can draw inspiration from are "Childhood Tracks," by James Berry, "Island Man," by Grace Nichols, "Anthem of the North," by Lemn Sissay, "Search for My Tongue," by Sujata Bhatt "My City," by George the Poet, and "Filter," by Subra Subramanian.

Now before we think about exactly what inspiration we can draw, what do you remember about each poem? Pause the video and discuss.

Each of those poems is unique and very, very different in the way they express feelings about home.

Let's look at each poem individually now, discuss what each poem below is about and what stylistic features stand out to you.

The first three poems I want you to discuss are "Childhood Tracks," "Anthem of the North," and "Island Man." Remember, stylistic features refers to any of the language devices that they use throughout the poem, but also how they've structured the poem.

Pause the video and discuss what each poem is about and what stylistic features you remember being used in each of those poems. Pause the video.

Off you go.

So let's begin with talking about "Childhood Tracks." So "Childhood Tracks," is essentially a poem about the environment and memories in James Berry's home country, which was Jamaica.

In this poem, Berry uses each stanza to represent a different sensory experience.

Let's look at "Anthem of the North." "Anthem of the North," is a poem about being proud of where you are from, and Lemn Sissay shows how proud he is of growing up in the north of England.

In this poem, Sissay uses direct address to show his love for a region.

He also describes the heritage and unique characteristics of a place.

"Island Man".

"Island Man," by Grace Nichols is a poem about missing your native country after you immigrate.

So remember how "Island Man," is about someone who's moved to London but originally lived in Guyana, in the Caribbean.

In "Island Man," Grace Nichols separates the poem into two sections.

One describes the home country car in the Caribbean, and the other describes London.

Now discuss these three poems. What are they about and what stylistic features do you remember being used? Your three next poems are "My City," by George, the Poet, "Search for My Tongue," by Sujata Bhatt and "Filter," by Subra Subramanian.

Pause the video and discuss.

So, "My City," by George the Poet is a poem about the realities of living in one's home country or city.

And indeed George, the Poet writes about London and he writes about the good and the bad of it.

So "My City," is written as a social commentary in the style of a rap.

"Search from My Tongue," by Sujata Bhatt.

It's about how immigration affects our identity and our ability to connect with our heritage and our ability to use our native language.

And "Search for My Tongue," is written in two languages and it's told as a story.

Next "Filter." "Filter," is a poem about what home is like inside and how home reflects who we truly are.

And this poem invites the reader inside their home with direct address and uses a list to describe home.

So now we've recapped what each of the six poems that we've read in the unit were about and what features they used.

We can actually use some of this to help us write our own poem today.

Match the description on the left to the poem being described on the right to show your understanding of what we talked about so far.

Pause the video and match now.

So a poem using sensory language to create a vivid description of place, that is a description of "Childhood Tracks," by James Berry.

Next, a poem juxtaposing two places that the poet has lived.

That description matches the poem "Island Man," by Grace Nichols.

And lastly, a poem using direct address to show love and pride for one's nation, that of course, is a description of "Anthem of the North," by Lemn Sissay.

Well done on showing your understanding of all the poems we've looked at in this unit.

It's now time to decide which poetic style to use in your writing.

These questions can help you decide which poems to use as inspiration.

Your questions are, which poem did you enjoy the most? Which poem did you relate to the most? And what story do you want to tell about yourself, your home, and the places that are important to you? Pause the video and answer those three questions now.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

Let's look at some of Alex's ideas now.

So Alex enjoyed the upbeat tone in "Anthem of the North," the most, and Alex said that he relates to "Childhood Tracks," the most because he has quite vivid memories growing up, especially relating to exploring nature.

And Alex really liked the way James Berry made his childhood memories come alive through the sensory language.

And now, what story does Alex want to tell about himself, his home, and the places that are important to him? So Alex wants to tell the reader about growing up Dorset.

He wants to show the reader how peaceful it was, how beautiful it was, and how thinking of it brings him comfort even when he's not there.

I think Alex is going to write the most beautiful and special poem.

What advice might you give to Alex on which poems to draw inspiration from in order to tell his story? Pause the video and have a think about that.

So Alex might use a mix of styles to tell his story.

He might draw an inspiration from "Anthem of the North," and "Childhood Tracks," in order to tell the reader about his home Dorset and how much he enjoys living there.

I hope you are more confident with exactly the story you are going to tell in your poem and what inspiration you might take from the other poems to help you express your story.

Let's now move on to planning our very own poems. So although each poem about home will have unique content, there are some features that most poems have in common to create the most vivid descriptions of home.

The features that we'll want to be using in our poems are imagery and figurative language.

Remember, imagery is creating a vivid description of a place in order to evoke an image in the reader's mind.

An example of imagery is, "The surge of river greets the sea." And figurative language is when we use words beyond the little meaning to create vivid images in the reader's mind.

An example of that is, "And our children grow wings and saw across this earth." Both of those examples are from Lemn Sissay's "Anthem of the North." Based on these two examples from "Anthem of the North," can you explain the difference between imagery and figurative language? Pause the video and consider the difference between those two techniques.

So you may have noticed that both imagery and figurative language are designed to evoke images in the reader's head.

However, imagery uses this through creating a description of a place that might be realistic, whereas figurative language creates these images in the reader's head using metaphorical language.

So using language that goes beyond the reality, and we can see that through the quote, "Our children grow wings and they soar." The children aren't actually growing wings and they're not flying like birds, but the words used, the figurative language used there, help us get a picture of what those children are like.

A lot of the time though, imagery and figurative language do overlap.

So as you can see in the sentence, "And our children grow wings and saw across this earth," although that is an example of figurative language, it's also an example of imagery.

So quite often you might see imagery and figurative language combined.

Now let's move on to looking at how we can apply our knowledge of imagery and figurative language to our own poetry.

Can you help Lucas come up with figurative language or imagery that would help him express his memories about home? So here's what Lucas wants to write about.

Lucas wants to write about how he always plays football with his neighbours, and that's what makes his home special.

So can you help Lucas come up with some figurative language and or imagery that would help him talk about his memories in a special way? Pause the video and think about how you might help Lucas.

So a sentence with imagery that could help Lucas express his memory is, "The warm glow of the floodlights and the emerald astroturf: this place was my sanctuary." So this sentence describes exactly where Lucas played football in a really detailed way to create an image in the reader's mind of Lucas' experiences.

And an example of figurative language might be, "The ball lifts us up and binds us together time and time again." So this sentence shows us how much football means to Lucas and how much it helped him create a sense of community.

Of course, the ball cannot lift a human up and the ball cannot glue anyone together, but metaphorically, it shows how football helped people connect.

Very well done.

Now, complete this sentence to check your understanding of what we've talked about so far.

"The sunset casts a warm glow through the curtains." This sentence uses figurative language similarly or imagery? Pause the video and complete the sentence.

Well done, if you said, "The sunset casts a warm glow through the curtains," this sentence uses imagery.

Now we are not talking about anything in a metaphorical sense here, so we are not using figurative language.

We also didn't compare two things using the word like or as so we haven't used a simile, but what we have done is we've used descriptive words like warm and glow to create a vivid image in the reader's mind.

Therefore, we've used imagery.

Well done.

I now want you to complete the grid to ensure you have a thorough plan for your own poem about home.

So what you need to plan out is what your poem's going to be about, the stylistic features you're going to use in your poem, the imagery you're going to use in your poem, and the figurative language you're going to use in your poem.

Pause the video and get planning, now.

Your plans are so detailed, I think they're going to be great help when you go to write your poem.

Let's look at Alex's plan.

So Alex is going to write about growing up in Dorset having picnics with his family on the beach.

The seagull's being his alarm and the weekend spent helping his grandma in the garden.

Alex wants to use sensory language in his poem.

He wants his poem to have an upbeat tone, and he wants to use some direct address to tell Dorset how much it provides comfort to him.

Now let's look at the imagery and figurative language Alex wants to use.

For imagery Alex is going to talk about the cold, salty air caressing his face, and he's going to talk about the cackle of the seagulls, their beady eyes on his family's bread rolls.

And for figurative language, Alex is going to use the phrases, "Your waves call me back to peace when my mind strays," and "I sowed my dreams into the soil of that garden." Alex has come up with some really imaginative, thoughtful, and unique ideas that are really going to help him write the best poem.

Alex's plan is particularly good because he's planned out the sentences and experimented with phrasing for his techniques.

He hasn't just written he's going to use imagery in two sentences, and he hasn't just written that he'll use figurative language towards the end.

He's actually experimented with the phrasing to make him feel more comfortable using their techniques when it comes to writing.

So I want you now to reread your plan, ensure you have planned out your phrases and experimented with phrasing for your techniques.

Off you go.

Great job.

Remember, planning is such an important part of the writing process.

I'm glad you've embraced planning today.

Here's what we've learned today.

You can gather ideas for your own poem about home by studying the stylistic choices of other poets.

Figurative language uses words beyond their literal meaning to create images in the reader's mind.

Imagery is visually descriptive language to create images in the reader's mind.

Both figurative language and imagery are useful in creating a vivid image of home in your reader's mind.

And you should pan out sentences when constructing a plan for your writing.

Thank you so much for joining me in today's lesson.

I hope you've enjoyed planning your poem at home, and I hope you're excited to write your full poem out soon.